Sunset Shimmer looked at the note again, though she could barely read it. "Midnight, CHS football field, be there, alone." No clue who'd sent it. No idea why. Total mystery why she'd even shown up.

But she was the curious type.

Romance between Sunset Shimmer and Lemon Zest.

Proofread by Infinity Shade.

Two MLP fans who live half a world away from each other begin a romance RP.

This is a slightly experimental style of story, following two parallel narratives: a romance between Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash in Equestria, and the relationship between two RPers in our world.

Although the rules of fimfiction forbid chat logs being published as stories, I'll note that the chat logs in this story are fictional — they have been entirely crafted by the author, and are not just copied and pasted from a real chat — and only form a small part of the story. I asked a moderator before I even started writing, and he seemed to think it would be okay. While the story is intentionally written as if it could have been an RP, I can assure you I wrote the whole thing myself. I've never even RPed PinkieDash.

This story is a birthday present for one of the most amazing individuals on the planet. Many thanks to Infinity Shade, scootaloo96, and Frowning Sugarcoat for pre-reading this, and offering me their feedback, which I blissfully ignored.

Applejack and Sunset Shimmer have been spending a lot of time together recently, so why do they suddenly seem so distant? And why does Sunset seem to have abandoned her new-found friends?

Set between the events of Equestria Girls and Rainbow Rocks, this story may contain mild contradictions with Rainbow Rocks, but probably not enough to warrant an alternative universe tag. Although the story is marked complete, I'm not ruling out further chapters being added in the future, if I think of a way to continue it.

This story is a birthday present for one of the most amazing individuals on the planet. Some bits of it were pre-read by Infinity Shade. (Thanks, sis!)